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Kagayama gets MotoGP ride

17 June 2003

BSB star Yukio Kagayama will race for the factory Suzuki MotoGP team at the Assen GP on June 28. The Japanese rider confirmed his world-class talents with two fifth-position rides on the Rizla Suzuki...

Yanagawa to leave hospital at weekend

17 June 2003

Kawasaki wildcard rider Akira Yanagawa is due out of hospital in Spain this weekend following his first lap crash at the Spanish MotoGP round on June 15. Yanagawa has been diagnosed with two...

Club racing round-up

17 June 2003

Here’s the latest instalment of our club racing round-up. The links on the right will take you to reports from our contributors about their recent racing. If you are a club secretary, rider, or just a spectator, pick out the highlights of the racing action you witnessed and send them in to angus.farquhar@emap.com.

Hodgson fastest in Misano free practice

17 June 2003

Neil Hodgson has gone fastest in free practice for this weekend’s World Superbike races at Misano in Italy. The factory Ducati rider completed 29 laps, the most in the session, with a best time of...

Thomas Hayward, Cadwell Park, June 15

17 June 2003

Skellingthorpe 125GP racer Thomas Hayward ended a dramatic race at Cadwell on Sunday in the MRO GP125 series in a lucky sixth position after running out of fuel on the final lap. After a start from row three of the grid Thomas aged 20, was away to a good start and soon up to fourth place. But the race was halted after 12 laps when Toby Markham suffered a heavy fall. At the re-start Thomas again...

Jay Bellers-Smith, World Supersport, Silverstone, June 14-15

17 June 2003

As part of his training with the ACU Race Academy Merthyr rider Jay Bellers-Smith aged 16, was invited to join the Honda World Supersport teams in the paddock at Silverstone on Sunday to get an insight on all the work done in the team garage in preparation for a world-class event. The budding star of tomorrow is part of the youth road racing training academy run by the ACU, Britain’s motorcycle...

Xaus does double in Italy

17 June 2003

Factory Ducati rider Reuben Xaus overshadowed team-mate Neil Hodgson with a double win at Misano in Italy. Xaus charged through the pack in race one after a crash by Hodgson upset the established order, with the British rider lowsiding out of a commanding lead on lap one. While Toseland, Laconi and Chili fought for the race, Rueben Xaus was able to get in on the action. In the later stages Laconi...

Reynolds on pole at Brands

17 June 2003

John Reynolds is on pole for the British Superbike racing at Brands Hatch on Sunday. 1) Reynolds 1:26.184. 2) Emmett 1:26.616. 3) Richards 1:26.679. 4) Byrne 1:26.805. 5) Rutter 1:26.818. 6) Hislop...

Byrne and Reynolds share Brands spoils

17 June 2003

Local boy Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne took a race one win and extended his lead in the British Superbikes championship at Brands Hatch, but had to settle for second behind John Reynolds in race two. Byrne...

Renegade twins on the lose

17 June 2003

Jolene and Mary-Sue were finally discovered in the pitlane

Foggy chooses Italian replacement for Haydon

17 June 2003

Young Italian Lorenzo Mauri will replace injured Foggy Petronas rider James Haydon for the World Superbike round at Misano this weekend. Mauri comes to the team on the recommendation of factory Ducati...

MZ Race Report, Lydden Hill, June 7-8

17 June 2003

A vast number of MZ entries (44) meant that the days had to be split into a 3-race format with all competing in two of the three events. The top 20 placed riders were split between the first two races and then met for the final race. Saturday RACE1: With good starts off of the line, Jon Hart lead the pack off of the line, closely followed by John Welfare. Jon Hart got used to being in the lead...

BMZRC Race Report, Cadwell Park, June 14

17 June 2003

PRACTICE: Saturday morning dawned wet and rainy at Cadwell, accompanied by frantic changing of tyres. All this activity obviously detracted several racers from their normal pre-race preparations. Andy Bettridge and Ian James just couldn’t get their bikes started and after the MZ race co-ordinator Dave Higgins had been pushing them around for a while they discovered that they had failed to unplug...

Beirer out of coma

17 June 2003

World Motocross GP rider Pit Beirer is out of his induced coma following his crash at the Bulgarian GP. The German’s lungs have now recovered enough for him to be taken off a respirator, but his sixth...

American Honda opt out of WSB wildcard rides

17 June 2003

American Honda have decided not to field wildcards for the World Superbike round at Laguna Seca on July 13. This will rule out Ben Bostrom, Kurtis Roberts and Miguel DuHamel, all Honda riders in the...

Keep your chin up

17 June 2003

You’ve just got to keep your chin up and try to smile…

Martin on Misano provisional pole

17 June 2003

Australian Steve Martin has put his D.F.X. Ducati 998 on provisional pole for Sunday’s World Superbike races in Misano. Martin posted a best time of 1:35.276, just ahead of Pierfrancesco Chili...

Dave Hewson, Cadwell Park, June 15

17 June 2003

Branston Supersport 600 racer Dave Hewson rode to his best result of the season with a wonderful seventh place at his home circuit of Cadwell Park on Sunday. Qualifying went well for the 21-year-old county rider as he powered the Yamaha R6 to a personal best time of 1m 04.87s to secure eleventh place and a third row start to his MRO championship race on Sunday. As the race got underway Hewson was...

Look into my eyes

17 June 2003

Look into my eyes…you are feeling sleepy….you need new tyres…

James Webb, Cadwell Park, June 15

Just keep looking the other way…

Someone’s pinched her shoulder patch

10 June 2003

Either the logo has dropped off, or she hasn’t quite figured out how nicotine patches work.